Surah Al-Ĥadīd (The Iron) in English

1. هو الذي خلق السماوات والأرض في ستة أيام ثم استوى على العرش يعلم ما يلج في الأرض وما يخرج منها وما ينزل من السماء وما يعرج فيها وهو معكم أين ما كنتم والله بما تعملون بصير

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   It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days; then settled on the Throne. He knows whatever enters the earth and whatever emerges from it and whatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends to it, and He is with you wherever you may be, and Allah watches what you do.

   huwa lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa fī sittati ʾayyāmin thumma stawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi yaʿlamu mā yaliju fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā yakhruju minhā wa-mā yanzilu mina s-samāʾi wa-mā yaʿruju fīhā wa-huwa maʿakum ʾayna mā kuntum wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

2. له ملك السماوات والأرض وإلى الله ترجع الأمور

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   To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah all matters are returned.

   lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾilā llāhi turjaʿu l-ʾumūru

3. يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل وهو عليم بذات الصدور

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   He makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and He knows best what is in the breasts.

   yūliju l-layla fī n-nahāri wa-yūliju n-nahāra fī l-layli wa-huwa ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri

4. آمنوا بالله ورسوله وأنفقوا مما جعلكم مستخلفين فيه فالذين آمنوا منكم وأنفقوا لهم أجر كبير

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   Have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and spend out of that of which He has made you heirs. There is a great reward for those of you who have faith and spend [in Allah’s way].

   ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-ʾanfiqū mimmā jaʿalakum mustakhlafīna fīhi fa-lladhīna ʾāmanū minkum wa-ʾanfaqū lahum ʾajrun kabīrun

5. وما لكم لا تؤمنون بالله والرسول يدعوكم لتؤمنوا بربكم وقد أخذ ميثاقكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

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   Why should you not have faith in Allah when the Apostle invites you to have faith in your Lord, and He has certainly made a covenant with you, if you are [genuinely] faithful?

   wa-mā lakum lā tuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-r-rasūlu yadʿūkum li-tuʾminū bi-rabbikum wa-qad ʾakhadha mīthāqakum ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

6. هو الذي ينزل على عبده آيات بينات ليخرجكم من الظلمات إلى النور وإن الله بكم لرءوف رحيم

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   It is He who sends down manifest signs to His servant that He may bring you out of darkness into light, and indeed Allah is most kind and merciful to you.

   huwa lladhī yunazzilu ʿalā ʿabdihī ʾāyātin bayyinātin li-yukhrijakum mina ẓ-ẓulumāti ʾilā n-nūri wa-ʾinna llāha bikum la-raʾūfun raḥīmun

7. وما لكم ألا تنفقوا في سبيل الله ولله ميراث السماوات والأرض لا يستوي منكم من أنفق من قبل الفتح وقاتل أولئك أعظم درجة من الذين أنفقوا من بعد وقاتلوا وكلا وعد الله الحسنى والله بما تعملون خبير

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   Why should you not spend in the way of Allah, when to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Those of you who spent [their means] and fought before the victory are not equal [to others]. They are greater in rank than those who have spent and fought afterwards. Yet Allah has promised the best reward to each and Allah is well aware of what you do.

   wa-mā lakum ʾallā tunfiqū fī sabīli llāhi wa-li-llāhi mīrāthu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lā yastawī minkum man ʾanfaqa min qabli l-fatḥi wa-qātala ʾulāʾika ʾaʿẓamu darajatan mina lladhīna ʾanfaqū min baʿdu wa-qātalū wa-kullan waʿada llāhu l-ḥusnā wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīrun

8. من ذا الذي يقرض الله قرضا حسنا فيضاعفه له وله أجر كريم

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   Who is it that will lend Allah a good loan, that He may multiply it for him and [that] there may be a noble reward for him?

   man dhā lladhī yuqriḍu llāha qarḍan ḥasanan fa-yuḍāʿifahū lahū wa-lahū ʾajrun karīmun